Fort Smith is a city of approximately 90,000 residents, situated along Arkansas’ northwest border with Oklahoma in Sebastian County. Prostitution has been associated with a number of local problems and has generated complaints to police. Among the more serious issues associated with the city’s commercial sex market is child sex trafficking. For example, in 2010, […]
Fort Myers is a city of approximately 92,000 residents, located near Cape Coral in Lee County, FL. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city are well-documented, and local cases have included child sex trafficking, the murder of prostituted women, and the robbery and murder of sex buyers. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes […]
Fort Lauderdale is a city of approximately 182,000 residents, situated along Florida’s eastern coast in Broward County, FL. Like the neighboring communities of Dania Beach, Wilton Manors, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, Plantation, and Tamarac, the city has experienced longstanding and well-documented problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking – including cases of serial rapists and serial […]
Fall River is a city of approximately 94,000 residents, located 18 miles east of Providence in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Both prostitution and sex trafficking of children are well-documented local problems, and at least one serial killer who specifically targeted prostituted women has operated in the city. In an effort to curtail prostitution activity in the […]
As the second largest city in Oregon, Eugene has a population of approximately 170,000 residents and is the county seat of Lane County. The city is home to the University of Oregon and is situated along the Willamette River. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known problems in the city, and the ancillary crimes they generate […]
El Monte is a city with a population of around 107,000 located in Los Angeles County, CA. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been persistent problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. The El Monte Police Department has been conducting reverse stings routinely since 2006, and occasionally before then. For example, in August 2003, […]
Duluth is a city of approximately 86,000 residents located in Beltrami County, in northeastern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. Documented cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have occurred in the city, with Native American women and girls reported to be particularly vulnerable. To address these and other problems inevitably generated by prostitution, law […]
Dubuque is a city of about 59,000 located along the Mississippi River on the northeast border of Iowa. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented and persistent problems in the city dating back at least to the 1970s. Among the efforts to combat them have been tactics intended to deter consumer level demand for commercial […]
Downers Grove is a village of almost 50,000 residents in DuPage County, located about 20 miles west of Chicago. Prostitution and sex trafficking activity have been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law […]
Dothan is located in the southeastern corner of Alabama, with a population of approximately 71,000. It is the government seat of Houston County. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been well-documented problems in the city for many years. Included in the range of local responses to these problems have been the use of tactics targeting consumer […]
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